Health tourism, tourist satisfaction and motivation

  • Taleghani M
  • Chirani E
  • Shaabani A
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Abstract

Motivation and satisfaction are two concepts widely studied in tourism literature; the relevance of these constructs being derived from their impact on tourist behavior but which focus at tourism in general. However the purpose of this paper is to undertaken realizing the need to examine closely the aspects of health tourist motivation and satisfaction, a relatively new player in the industry. This study intends to describe health tourist motivation and satisfaction based on known attributes and to understand key motivation and satisfaction dimensions. In addition identifying travel motivation and satisfaction levels of health tourists allows insight to the areas of strength and weaknesses of the local healthcare industry.

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Taleghani, M., Chirani, E., & Shaabani, A. (2011). Health tourism, tourist satisfaction and motivation. Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Reasearch in Business, 3(4), 546–555.

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